In-orbit Environment and Effects Monitoring

Welcome to the Spacecraft Operation - In-orbit environment and effects monitoring service

Overview

The service “Spacecraft Operation - In-orbit environment and effects monitoring” aims to provide a near-real-time estimate of the space environment and its effects actually experienced in regard to the operation of the spacecraft. To obtain a near-real-time quantitative assessment of the space environment, the ESA Space Weather Service Network provides monitoring of phenomena that can lead to potentially hazardous and sudden effects on spacecraft (e.g. magnetic storms, substorms, high-speed streams, solar energetic particle events, Earth-directed CMEs, meteor streams, and debris clouds). This continuous real-time monitoring of the space weather environment provides the relevant information to take informed decisions related to spacecraft operations and helps with the correlation of results in future analysis. Real-time data allows the system to provide forecast and near-real-time assessment of the effects of ionospheric disturbances on spacecraft operations, nowcast and forecast of meteoroid and space debris fluxes (including streams and debris clouds), as well as the atmospheric data (properties) required for drag calculation on Earth, Mars, Venus and other relevant planets.

The service is intended for personnel such as spacecraft operators who monitor the space weather conditions and provide real-time assessment of space weather risk (e.g. SEE, ESD, errors in magnetorquing and sudden drag-induced orbit changes in LEO) to spacecraft.

This service is implemented through a combination of products and tools which can be found in the sections below along with expert support provided by the teams constituting the ESA Space Weather Service Network. Should you require further guidance in the use of this service, or have specific questions about any aspects of the service presented here, don’t hesitate to contact the Helpdesk.

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Products and Alerts

Products

Solar Activity: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Solar Disc Magnetic Fields
10.7cm Solar Radio Flux (F10.7)

No product available in this category yet

Solar X-ray Flux
Solar EUV Integrated Flux
Solar UV Flux
Solar Activity: Nowcasts
Solar Flares
CMEs
Coronal Holes
Solar Disc Magnetic Fields
International Sunspot number
10.7cm Solar Radio Flux (F10.7)
Solar EUV Index (S10.7)

No product available in this category yet

Solar EUV Index (E10.7)

No product available in this category yet

Solar FUV Index (M10.7)

No product available in this category yet

Solar X-ray & UV Index (Y10.7)

No product available in this category yet

Ionospheric Index (IG12)

No product available in this category yet

Solar X-ray Flux
Solar EUV Integrated Flux

No product available in this category yet

Solar UV Flux

No product available in this category yet

Interplanetary Medium at L1: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
High Energy >10 MeV Protons
High Energy >10 MeV/nuc Ions
  • ACE/SIS dataset on SEDAT
1-10 MeV Protons
1-10 MeV/nuc Ions

No product available in this category yet

0.03-1 MeV/nuc Ions

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2-50 MeV Solar Electrons

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30 keV-8 MeV Electrons

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Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)

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Solar Wind Bulk Velocity

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Solar Wind Bulk Density

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Interplanetary Medium at L1: Nowcasts
High Energy >10 MeV Protons
High Energy >10 MeV/nuc Ions

No product available in this category yet

1-10 MeV Protons
1-10 MeV/nuc Ions

No product available in this category yet

0.03-1 MeV/nuc Ions

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2-50 MeV Solar Electrons

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30 keV-8 MeV Electrons

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Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)
Solar Wind Bulk Velocity
Solar Wind Bulk Density
Interplanetary Medium Outside L1: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Solar Energetic Particle Events

No product available in this category yet

Interplanetary Medium Data

No product available in this category yet

Interplanetary Medium Outside L1: Nowcasts
Solar Energetic Particle Events
Interplanetary Medium Data
Magnetospheric Environment: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
High Energy >10 MeV Protons
High Energy >10 MeV/nuc Ions
1-10 MeV Protons
1-10 MeV/nuc Ions
  • GOES/SEM-EPS datasets on SEDAT
0.03-1 MeV/nuc Ions
  • POES/SEM-2 dataset on SEDAT
30 keV-8 MeV Electrons
Thermal and Supra-thermal Electron and Ion Energy Spectra

No product available in this category yet

Thermal Ions Density and Temperature

No product available in this category yet

Plasma Drift Velocity

No product available in this category yet

Magnetospheric Environment: Nowcasts
Geomagnetic Storm Condition
Geomagnetic Indices Kp and K
Geomagnetic Index Ap and A
Geomagnetic Index Dst
High Energy >10 MeV Protons
High Energy >10 MeV/nuc Ions

No product available in this category yet

1-10 MeV Protons
1-10 MeV/nuc Ions

No product available in this category yet

0.03-1 MeV/nuc Ions

No product available in this category yet

30 keV-8 MeV Electrons
Thermal and Supra-thermal Electron and Ion Energy Spectra

No product available in this category yet

Thermal Ions Density and Temperature

No product available in this category yet

Thermospheric and Atmospheric Conditions: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Vertical Total Electron Content Map
URSI Ionospheric Parameters
Neutral Density in Thermosphere

No product available in this category yet

Neutral Wind Velocity in Thermosphere

No product available in this category yet

Scintillation Indices and Parameters
Atomic Oxygen Density

No product available in this category yet

Local External Magnetic Field on Ground
Neutral Density and Wind

No product available in this category yet

Thermospheric and Atmospheric Conditions: Nowcasts
Vertical Total Electron Content Map
URSI Ionospheric Parameters
Neutral Density in Thermosphere

No product available in this category yet

Neutral Wind Velocity in Thermosphere

No product available in this category yet

Scintillation Indices and Parameters
Atomic Oxygen Density

No product available in this category yet

Local External Magnetic Field on Ground
Neutral Density and Wind

No product available in this category yet

Microparticle Environment: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Micro Particle Flux

No product available in this category yet

Microparticle Environment: Nowcasts
Micro Particle Flux

No product available in this category yet

Known Periods/events of Increased Microparticle Flux

No product available in this category yet

Spacecraft Effects and Anomalies: Data Archives
Anomalies on Spacecraft Equipment

No product available in this category yet

Spacecraft Effects and Anomalies: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Spacecraft Radiation Monitors
Spacecraft Housekeeping Telemetry

No product available in this category yet

Deep Dielectric Charging

No product available in this category yet

Surface Charging

No product available in this category yet

Floating Spacecraft Potential

No product available in this category yet

Spacecraft Effects and Anomalies: Models and Reconstruction
Anomalies on Spacecraft Equipment
Spacecraft Effects and Anomalies: Nowcasts
Orbital Data of Spacecraft Carrying Space Weather Instruments

No product available in this category yet

Deep Dielectric Charging
Surface Charging

No product available in this category yet

Floating Spacecraft Potential

No product available in this category yet

Alerts

All Quiet Alert
End-of-quiet Alert
Solar Flare Detection
Solar Flare Detection and Location
CME Onset
Halo CME Onset
Coronal Hole Notification

No product available in this category yet

CIR Alert
Solar Particle Event Onset
Geomagnetic Storm Warning / Solar Wind Shock Arrival
Geomagnetic Storm Onset
Ionospheric Disturbance Detection
Ground Level Enhancement Detection

Tools

SEDATSWE Data

User Manual

Throughout its existence, the Sun goes through various nonstationary active and nonequilibrium (often eruptive) processes; this can be broadly regarded as solar activity. Solar activity covers solar surface magnetic activity, eruptive phenomena, interplanetary transients, geomagnetic disturbances, and phenomena that may affect the functioning of spacecraft. For this reason spacecraft and solar activity are monitored 24/7 by spacecraft operators.

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Interruptions

❗Due to current unavailability of the SDO input data the performance of some products is affected.

EDRS-C/NGRM L2 Electron differential fluxes

Full product
Provided by: Space Applications & Research Consultancy

DTU AWARE Near Earth Warnings Plot

Full product
Provided by: DTU Space

3-hourly Kp index

Full product
Provided by: British Geological Survey